Barnes & Noble Pulls Anti-Gay Calendar

Barnes & Noble has pulled a calendar by a Christian cartoonist that is sparking outrage in the gay community.

Titled "I'm Not Gay, I'm Just A Sissy," the calendar by Joe King has drawn staunch criticism for what many are calling homophobic humor and imagery, including one illustration which appears to poke fun at the HIV/AIDS crisis, the Huffington Post reported.

Another cartoon portrays Paul Revere on horseback shouting, "The sodomites are coming! The sodomites are coming!"

Few in the LGBT community are laughing and have called for retailers to stop selling the calendar.

Barnes & Noble yanked the calendar from its website, and a spokesperson for the company told the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation it was never made available in stores. Amazon continues to stock the item, according to the Huffington Post.

King has since taken to his Facebook page to defend his work, saying the cartoons are reprints of nationally distributed work several years old.

"All the hysteria is coming from those nice folks who haven't bothered to actually purchase and read my collection," he wrote.